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Lexicon :: Strong's G3996 - pentheō

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πενθέω
Transliteration
pentheō (Key)
Pronunciation
pen-theh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:40,825

Trench's Synonyms: lxv. λυπέομαι, πενθέω, θρηνέω, κόπτω.

Strong’s Definitions

πενθέω penthéō, pen-theh'-o; from G3997; to grieve (the feeling or the act):—mourn, (be-)wail.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G3996 in the following manner: mourn (7x), wail (2x), bewail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G3996 in the following manner: mourn (7x), wail (2x), bewail (1x).

  1. to mourn

  2. to mourn for, lament one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πενθέω penthéō, pen-theh'-o; from G3997; to grieve (the feeling or the act):—mourn, (be-)wail.
STRONGS G3996:
πενθέω, πένθω; future πενθήσω; 1 aorist ἐπένθησα (πένθος); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for אָבַל; to mourn;
a. intransitive: Matthew 5:4 (Matthew 5:5); Matthew 9:15; 1 Corinthians 5:2; πενθεῖν καί κλαίειν, Mark 16:10; Luke 6:25; James 4:9; Revelation 18:15, 19; ἐπί τίνι, over one, Revelation 18:11 R G L (Isaiah 66:10); ἐπί τινα, ibid. T Tr WH (2 Samuel 13:37; 2 Chronicles 35:24, etc.).
b. transitive, to mourn for, lament, one: 2 Corinthians 12:21 (cf. Winers Grammar, 635f (590); Buttmann, § 131, 4. Synonym: see θρηνέω, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
13:37
2 Chronicles
35:24
Isaiah
66:10
Matthew
5:4; 5:5; 9:15
Mark
16:10
Luke
6:25
1 Corinthians
5:2
2 Corinthians
12:21
James
4:9
Revelation
18:11; 18:15; 18:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3996 matches the Greek πενθέω (pentheō),
which occurs 48 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham [fn]went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:3 - Now forty days were [fn]required for [fn]it, for [fn]such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:39 - When Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - He struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck down of all the people, 50,070 men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab sent to Tekoa and [fn]brought a wise woman from there and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - Then it was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourns for Absalom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem [fn]where he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 - When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah, who was the [fn]governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:22 - “But his [fn]body pains him,
And he mourns only for himself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:14 - I went about as though it were my friend or brother;
I bowed down [fn]mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:63

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:63 - Fire devoured [fn]His young men,
And [fn]His virgins had no wedding songs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - And her [fn]gates will lament and mourn,
And deserted she will sit on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:8 - For the fields of Heshbon have [fn]withered, the vines of Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - And the fishermen will lament,
And all those who cast a [fn]line into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets on the waters will [fn]pine away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:4 - The earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the merry-hearted sigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land mourns and pines away,
Lebanon is shamed and withers;
Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel [fn]lose their foliage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:2 - To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - To grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.
So they will be called [fn]oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - “Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her;
Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - “For this the earth shall mourn
And the heavens above be dark,
Because I have spoken, I have purposed,
And I will not [fn]change My mind, nor will I turn from it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long is the land to mourn
And the vegetation of the countryside to wither?
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it,
Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because men have said, “He will not see our latter ending.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - “Judah mourns
And her gates languish;
They sit on the ground in mourning,
And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 - For thus says the LORD, “Do not enter a house of [fn]mourning, or go to lament or to console them; for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares the LORD, “My lovingkindness and compassion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For the land is full of adulterers;
For the land mourns because of the curse.
The pastures of the wilderness have dried up.
Their course also is evil
And their might is not right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:21 - “Set up for yourself roadmarks,
Place for yourself guideposts;
Direct your [fn]mind to the highway,
The way by which you went.
Return, O virgin of Israel,
Return to these your cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 - The roads [fn]of Zion are in mourning
Because no one comes to the appointed feasts.
All her gates are desolate;
Her priests are groaning,
Her virgins are afflicted,
And she herself [fn]is bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD [fn]determined to destroy
The wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out a line,
He has not restrained His hand from [fn]destroying,
And He has caused rampart and wall to lament;
They have languished together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused lamentations; I closed the [fn]deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon [fn]mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 - In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore the land mourns,
And everyone who lives in it languishes
Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,
And also the fish of the sea [fn]disappear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The inhabitants of Samaria will fear
For the [fn]calf of Beth-aven.
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its idolatrous priests [fn]will cry out over it,
Over its glory, since it has departed from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:9 - The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
From the house of the LORD.
The priests mourn,
The ministers of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The field is ruined,
The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine dries up,
Fresh oil [fn]fails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - He said,
“The LORD roars from Zion
And from Jerusalem He utters His voice;
And the shepherds’ pasture grounds mourn,
And the [fn]summit of Carmel dries up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - “Because of this will not the land quake
And everyone who dwells in it mourn?
Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - The Lord [fn]GOD of hosts,
The One who touches the land so that it melts,
And all those who dwell in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
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